Genesis Model II LED flickering

[m68k]

Well, my Genesis works fine, but there is one annoying fault. The LED flickers, stays very dim, flickers back to full brightness, and flickers again. I know that LED's typically dont burn out before 20 years of constant usage, so it seems odd. The LED is not a hacked in install, it is a factory default component.

Edit: It only flickers when playing a Genesis game. When playing a Sega CD game it seems to stay at full brightness.

[Jasper061992]

Maybe the LED doesn't have full contact with the soldered cable to it. If you are good on the soldering, crack open the case and take a look at the two cables going onto the LED pins and see if you can solder them back on.


EDIT:

Oh, just saw your edited post. Thats strange, not sure how to fix that particular problem other than the above. Sorry.

[m68k]

Well, it is not exactly full brightness in Sega CD mode, staying a little dimmer, but with no flickering.
I bought 2 "as-is" Model IIs for 5 dollars. I am waiting for them to come in. I guess I will use this one for modding. I checked the soldering on the LED, and it looks like it makes contact with the traces.
Edit: I pushed down hard on the LED, and now it does not flicker. Looks like it was not all the way through the PCB!